Thoughts on trading some of my .223 for his FBI 10mm?

[ApacheCoTodd]

A fella has 10mm "FBI" Federal 180 grainers - all factory loads and wants some of my Radway .223 or some Lake City.

What are the thoughts out there on the conversion - round for round in a trade these days regardless of my particular needs for either round.

He needs the .223 and doesn't want the 10 where I only want the 10mm but will never shoot the volume in 10 that I do in .223.

So, I'm thinkin' more 10 to each .223... 2/1, 3/1, more?

 

[ku4hx]

Each round of both cartridges goes bang just once and both are effective for what they are designed. If I were being approached in a trade sort of situation, my ratio would be based strictly on cost per round with the eventual exchange not being a monetary advantage to either. Of course a person's need can alter that formula, but it's not my nature to initially expect anything other than an even, cost-based, swap.

I was once approached to take trade in .22LR for 9mm and the offer was 1:1. No way was I going to do that. I'm a good guy, but not that good. We agreed on an individual cost per round of each and then let that math determine quantities.

 

[wally]

Weren't the FBI 10mm loads downloaded to a level that made bells go off at S&W that led to the .40S&W round?

Meaning, you may not be happy if you want full house 10mm ammo.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Thanks for the input fellas.
Yup wally, most of his is the later issue stuff that the .40 mimicked effectively in a smaller case though he does have some full-house loadings too that HRT and others were playing with in MP-10s.
Aside from shooting, a great deal of the appeal of the trade is the fired brass for my own loads later and justification for tracking down a S&W to go with the Delta GC.

 

[hentown]

.223 ammo costs at gun shows are all over the place, from around $.60 per round to $1.50 per round, all for reloaded 55 gr fmj.

10mm costs me about the same as .45acp to reload, so I'm not familiar with commercial 10mm costs.